Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Star Wars in 3D


<sigh> I really don't like this 3D movie trend we're experiencing - especially for movies that haven't been directed with 3D in mind.  Avatar worked because Cameron directed and shot various sequences knowing that it would be seen in 3D.  Clash of the Titans didn't work because it was not shot in the same manner - the 3D was applied very much after the fact.  This latter case is becoming all too common.  And now it's being applied to "the Holy Trilogy" (and the "Un-Holy Trilogy").  All six Star Wars movies are getting the 3D treatment starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 2012.  I know the Star Wars franchise is a huge money maker for Lucasfilm but this just seems, I don't know, too obvious an attempt at milking his cash cow bone dry.

There are definitely some scenes that have some awesome potential for 3D.  Consider the following from each movie:
- the podrace in Episode I
- the Battle of Geonosis in Episode II
- the massive space battle over Coruscant at the beginning of Episode III
- the Death Star trench run in Episode IV
- the Battle of Hoth in Episode V
- the speeder bike scenes and Death Star assault from Episode VI

Here's an idea: instead of re-releasing the movies so that we can watch Han kiss Leia or Anakin's terrible CG balancing act on those fat, cow things on Naboo, neither of which would benefit from 3D, how about releasing a special feature that is JUST those scenes I mentioned above.  Maybe throw in an occasional quick cut to showcase the Stormtrooper's stun rings when he shoots Leia in Episode IV or the A-Wing crashing into the Star Destroyer bridge in Episode VI, but more or less just make a one to two hour montage of the coolest scenes from all six movies in 3D and leave it at that.

Just my two cents.

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